Month: February 2022

Our intension today was to leave for Little Farmers Cay, we talked about it last night and determined that the only thing on Little Farmers was a marina and a hot shower. The next stop after that was was to be at Rudder Cut Cay so that Sarah could dive on a Mermaid Playing a… Continue reading A Day in Bahamian Hell [Thursday Feb 11]

I needed a day to fix some things. The night before I noticed that our house bank batteries had dropped to 8.3 volts, clearly something was wrong. I switched the main battery A-B switch to connect both battery banks to gather, started the diesel so that it would charge up both banks (my starting bank… Continue reading Black Point Day 2 [Wednesday Feb 10]

I was up by 6:30 and on my way in the dinghy by 7:00 am. We will have to drop the mooring by 11:00 (check out time), so I went to SCYC to deposit some of our trash ($6.00 per bag). I did not want to disturb those who were still sleeping, so I rowed… Continue reading Black Point [Wednesday Feb 9]

We awoke to what we are becoming used to seeing for the past few days, sunshine, light-refreshing winds. We lazily started our day, planning our departure for the other side of Big Major’s Spot (which is more or less Staniel Cay). Today we shop for some replacement groceries and necessitates, walk around the town /… Continue reading Fabulous Weather Holds [Tuesday Feb 8]

The early morning brought sunshine, 8 – 15 knots of wind, blue skies with puffy white cumulus clouds and no indications of worsening weather. There are those of us that find swimming pigs to be an irresistible attraction, I’m not one of them. But one must spread the joy where one can. We needed to… Continue reading We parked-it overnight (Exuma Land and Sea Park), found it wanting, and moved on. [Monday Feb 7]

When we awoke the usual sunshine was not streaming in through the hitches, that’s an ominous sign, I slid back the companion way hatch cover and look outside, ick, winds were strong, the skies were overcast and, in every direction, rain could be seen falling from the clouds in all directions, as I said, ick!… Continue reading Hate might be too strong a word, then again… [Sunday Feb 6]

We awoke to an absolutely beautiful day, 8 knot winds and sun shining. Today we take Aine to the submerged plane that is a must in Sarah’s list of Bahamas things to do. After breakfast we get ready to get underway, knowing that we would probably be diving today I left the dinghy in the… Continue reading De Plane, De Plane, ala fantasy island [Saturday Feb 5]

The first hopeful sign was waking up with sunshine coming in the bow hatch, it wasn’t overcast, it was sunny. Let’s not get giddy yet, it was windy, but not crazy windy like the days before. Could this really be the first normal Bahamian day? Do we dare hope? We ate breakfast and planned our… Continue reading The first complete day [Friday Feb 4]

With the current weather forecast calling for almost unchanged conditions through the weekend… (Winds 15-20 knots, gusts 25, seas 2 – 4-foot) Might as well get started moving south, our next stop is Norman Cay, the history of Norman is interesting. It was purchased by a German fellow who worked for a Columbian Drug Cartel,… Continue reading Time to move, like it or not. [Thursday, Feb 3]

There times when you see or experience things and the ability to convey them to others by words, pictures, or video just falls short. So from time to time I’m going post things I find interesting, I hope you do too. This is picture of Aine in the anchorage at Highbourne Cay, Exuma District, Bahamas.… Continue reading Things I find interesting #1